#glinda america

[coralcatsea]

I can never decide what I like better, a Wicked AU with Elphaba and Glinda as FrUK or USUK. In general, I prefer USUK, but in terms of what fits the characters...I mean, Glinda could possibly go either way with France or America, it's just–

Loathing is such a FrUK song. I can't really see England and America singing about loathing each other's hair and clothing. 😆 Popular, too, France seems more likely to diss England's appearance and insist upon a makeover than America.

I suppose America COULD be Fiyero and then it really would be USUK since Elphaba and Fiyero actually get together, buuut the musical is more about the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda. Though I suppose that's still a compromise that technically allows for both?

[disastersappho]

heartbreaking to see all the parallels of wicked to today’s politics. the demonization of activists and the abuse of power to discriminate and harm marginalized people. the silencing and targeting of protestors.

while reading the book, I came across this quote and felt ill.

“The thing is, my green girlie, it is not for a girl or a student or a citizen to assess what is wrong. This is the job of leaders, and why we exist.” - The Wizard (Wicked, 1995).

do not be fooled when those in power tell you you do not know what is right and what is good. leaders must be held accountable. your voice matters.

[pinkpinkmermayyy]

these "spot the difference" challenges are getting harder and harder

@sh3s4k1ll3rqu33n @itsfrthebirds @lunadensmidnightprowl

[abutchwithbooks]

I’ve had two main obsessions so far this year and I’ve just realised something—

Stucky 🤝 Gelphie

Blond beloved icon in society x

emo brunette wanted terrorist

[the-amazing-meow]

Alright yall know the drill

(Og post here)

[hitchell-mope]

A master list of my Wicked au’s

Disney Descendants. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/767258938686177280/descendants-wicked-au

Supergirl. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/767342048099631104/supergirl-wicked-au

Once Upon A Time. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/768753848693211136/once-upon-a-time-wicked-au

The Addams Family. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/768848233171664896/the-addams-family-wicked-au

Doctor Who. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/770569563655045120/doctor-whowicked-au

Scarlet America. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/770771533163610112/scarlet-americawicked-au

Spideychelle. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/771042052297375744/spideychellewicked-au

Disney Animated Canon. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/771301909057404928/disney-wicked-au

The Muppets. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/773649869162299392/the-muppetswicked-au

Looney Tunes. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/773740504645091328/looney-tuneswicked-au

Mickey x Minnie. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/777183151994863616/sensational-sixwicked-au

Kataang. https://www.tumblr.com/hitchell-mope/777451167135432704/atlawicked-au

[beatrice1979a]

Wicked - Ugly Betty (2007)

Eden Espinosa (Elphaba), Megan Hilty (Glinda) & Kristopher Cusick (Fiyero). Also cameo of actress Marlo Thomas (That Girl)

Popular - I am not that girl - Defying Gravity

[thecoolguy24601]

So, it’s been hinted at that Lego will be making sets based on the 2024 Wicked movie.

If that’s true, it would be really funny if they did what they do for Marvel movies and make really inaccurate sets to mislead people. Like, give Glinda a car that shoots missiles or something.

[stuckontheceiling]

I won’t be taking any questions at this time

[rwbyangst12]

I would like a fanfiction that combines the original premise of Oz with Dorothy being a young child (8-12 since it's her book ages and her movie age) and instead of 1900 it's like in the original book it's 1939 and Wicked. Dorothy is worried for aunty Em and Uncle Henri because not only is it the Great Depression and part of the farmhouse is here with her but she's worried because they're have been talks of a potential war (the movie came out in August 25th and the war started in September 1st) but she's worried that her Uncle Henri might be drafted and her aunt might go with them cause what if they think she's dead)

While walking down the Yellow Brick Road Scarecrow asks why Dorothy keeps saying they need to ration they're things? Asks why she's so worried about food? Why is she so insistent on not buying a new dress? You've already re sewn and cleaned those same clothes for the past month. Boq is made of metal and has no clothes, the lion is a lion and therefore does not need clothes, and I'm a scarecrow I can't take my clothes off.

Down the road he begins to realise that this child isn't as okay and innocent as she seems with all of her skipping and dancing with the way she looks out the corner of her eye behind her pigtails or re checks her basket Incase they dropped anything.

Imagine because of all the interruptions, being attacked, the road itself, and then the wizard being a fraud she takes longer to get home. Perhaps instead of two-three months in Oz she's there for two-three years. The shoes don't work and Dorothy believes she's just killed two women even though it wasn't her fault at the time(Elphaba is alive but she's still in hiding with Fiyero) and got kidnapped and locked in a basement and almost burnt alive. She thinks that now she's never going to make it home. But you have fresh food and clothes here do you really want to go back. She can't help but think to herself before snapping out of it reminding herself of Aunty Em and Uncle Henri.

Or if Dorothy does make it home her Aunt and Uncle somehow end up sending her back because not only has World War ii begun but now that America is a part of it and Kansas was essentially a training ground for USAAF bombers and fliers so when she's back in Oz she looks for Fiyero or Galinda and Explains what happened.

Fiyero didn't know a potential war was on the horizon in Dorothy's home world. If he had known would he have sent her back or would he have kept her in Oz even if it was against her will. He takes her to Elphaba and explains what happened and they managed to reach out to Glinda and help give her a proper education, she gets taller thanks to a proper diet, she's at least somewhat healthy thanks to available medicine and hygiene products in Oz. She's lived longer than she thought she would have in Kansas and a lot longer than she thought she would have here in Oz. A LOT longer.

Also potential Dorzma and realising that Oscar Diggs is a name of a guy that went missing a few decades ago that her parents and guardians talked about with their families because this guy with a hot air balloon disappeared in a storm and no trace of him can be found. Obvious propaganda against a coloured women and a selective group of people because I believe Aunty Em not Uncle Henri would've raised her that way. She still wants to meet the wizard in hopes of going home but she's still suspicious because of how she was raised in this au.

[pinkpinkmermayyy]

yall hear me out

popular in the stony wicked au

@lunadensmidnightprowl @transgender-tonystark

[elphabaoftheopera]

Heya! Just wanted to ask you as a big Wicked fan - do you know of any Black actors who have played Fiyero? :)

Hello!!!! Thank you for asking, talking about Wicked actors is one of my favorite things to do!

Yes! There are some AMAZING Black actors who have played Fiyero!

Taye Diggs played Fiyero for a time early in the Broadway run (late 2003-early 2004). Fun fact he got to play opposite Idina Menzel (his then wife!)

Derrick Williams was the original Fiyero for the 1st National Tour Cast in North America! He also went on to play the role on Broadway. (Side note: I met him when he was on tour with Book of Mormon and he was so nice!)

Christian Thompson recently played Fiyero on the 2nd National Tour (North America) in 2023-early 2024. He also did a short stint on Broadway covering the role when Jordan Litz was out for a few weeks.

I got to see him on tour in his first week of performances and he was AMAZING!

Ryan Reid is currently playing Fiyero in the West End London cast. Fun fact: He plays opposite Alexia Khadime (Elphaba) and Lucy St. Louis (Glinda) who are both Black as well. Their contracts will all be up fairly soon, but they've been playing the leads in London for about a year now.

Last (but not least) Xavier McKinnon is currently playing Fiyero in the North American 2nd National Tour! I hope to get to see him perform this spring.

Those are all of the Black actors who have played Fiyero that came to my mind, but there may be more. If my followers know of any others, please add them!

In recent years I believe we've been seeing an uptick in casting diverse actors for the major roles in Wicked. I certainly hope that continues!

[into-fiction]

gelphie - modern au

so! i did a poll like a week or so ago and model glinda/photographer elphie won in terms of modern aus you'd want to see. idk if I'll make a full fic but figured i'd give y'all a taste of the idea:

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“Hey, Pfannee.” Elphaba lifts a hand in a casual wave as she enters the room, nodding her head to some of the other staff as she makes her way over to the young man. He brightens when he sees her, tottering over happily with his arms full of clothes. 

Typical Pfannee. 

“Elphaba, hey girl! Cutting it a bit close, aren’t you?”

“I’ve got three minutes to spare, what do you mean?”

Pfannee laughs, awkwardly nudging his glasses back up his nose without dropping his load. Elphaba drifts further into the room, putting down her bag and sipping on her tea.

“So, I heard we’re working with someone new today,” she drawls. 

Beside her, Pfannee gasps. “You mean you don’t know?”

“Know what?”

But Pfannee’s shocked expressions falls into something mischievous and he shakes his head. “Nope. Not going to ruin the surprise now. You’re going to die when you see her.”

Elphaba rolls her eyes. By the way he’s acting, this new model is likely someone famous. Or- famous to Pfannee at least. Elphaba doesn’t really keep up with anyone like that. Despite having chosen photography as her career, she tries to keep herself separate from the fashion industry at large. 

It’s incredibly toxic, and she’s seen what it can do to people. Case in point: 

“I can't believe I get to take her new measurements! Rumors say that she’s lost weight, and that means I’ll be the first to know her smallest size!” Pfannee grins like that’s a completely reasonable thing to say about an adult woman. 

Elphaba hides her frown behind another sip of tea. Most models don’t really have a lot of room to lose weight. If it’s enough to make a visible difference, especially since the woman’s last job, then she’s likely dropped a concerning amount in a very small time period. 

Elphaba spends the next blur of time discussing the shoot with the other photographers as well as the lighting crew, the hair and makeup artists, and Pfannee and his lackeys. They’re mostly set up and ready to go when a voice announces the model is on her way in, and everyone bustles around to prepare. 

Elphaba waits calmly, Pfannee nearly vibrating beside her. “Here she comes!” he says, just barely remembering in time not to physically shake Elphaba’s shoulders. 

A man enters first, stunningly dressed in a tailored navy suit with his chestnut hair swept back and his blue eyes sparkling. That’s sign number one. The second sign is the voice floating behind him, high and airy and delicate. Almost sing-songy. 

Ice floods through Elphaba’s veins. It stops her heart for several seconds before it kicks back on, three times faster than before. Dread twists in her stomach as she turns and eyes the doorway where a glimmer of pink and gold awaits her. 

It’s been years since she’s seen Glinda Upland. At least- in person that is. 

Glinda Upland, one of the highest-paid models in the country, is featured on enough billboards, magazines, ads, commercials, social media posts, and celebrity shows to make even the lowliest citizen feel like they personally know her. Her face is everywhere, and what a stunning face it is. 

Gorgeous and defined with flawless pale skin and dark chocolate eyes. Long lashes flutter as she blinks, and a single dimple carves into her cheek with every smile. America’s darling. Tiny, dazzling, desirable. 

And the woman Elphaba once loved.

[jackoshadows]

Saw Wicked last night. Living in a country outside the Anglosphere, have never heard of the musical or the book. Not even a fan of musicals.

I did like it. I liked Cynthia Erivo's character, Elphaba. I liked the themes of the story. Cynthia did such an amazing job.

I liked Elphaba not compromising on her empathy and integrity to get her life's desires. I liked her not throwing an oppressed group under the bus to further her own ambitions. Having been discriminated against, and being raised by Dulcibear, Elphaba can see from the pov of the animals which none of the privileged others - like Glinda - can. I liked her accepting herself. I liked her standing up to the Wizard.

The Wizard creating an enemy out of the animals to unite the masses and keep them ignorant is such a relevant message for today. This is exactly what politicians are doing today. This is exactly what the Hindu right wing goons in power are doing in India when they demonize Muslims or what Right Wing parties in Europe and North America are doing when they demonize immigrants and minorities including Trans folks.

Don't know what the story in part II is going to be but I hope it doesn't go the traditional route of good person does 'bad' things and needs to be taken down and the end doesn't justify the means that the corporate, capitalistic American Media loves to propagate where activists and those fighting for social justice are again and again and again portrayed as terrorists or tyrants.

The worst part of this movie is that this is produced by Marc Platt - the Zionist who tried to get Boots Riley kicked out of CAA because Riley spoke out against the mass slaughter of the Palestinian people.

The irony of Platt producing a movie like this with themes like this and a message like this while he cheerleads and supports a genocide of the Palestinian people.

So either he really didn't get the message of his own movie that fascism, apartheid and the oppression of a group belonging to a certain ethnicity is evil and that creating an enemy out of innocent people, and demonizing them for ulterior motives is bad or he has dehumanized Palestinians so badly that he doesn't even get that the themes of this movie applies to what is being done to the Palestinians and that in reality he is actually the same as the likes of the Wizard and Morrible.

[hitchell-mope]

Scarlet America/Wicked au.

Wanda. Elphaba Thropp.

Steve. Fiyero Tigelaar.

Kate. Nessarose Thropp.

Joaquin. Boq.

Darcy. Glinda Upland.

Clint. Doctor Dillamond.

Obadiah. The Wizard.

Agatha. Madame Morrible.

[mask131]

So you want to know about Oz! (1)

Then congratulations! Welcome to this quick crash course to know everything about the world of Oz! The movies, the adaptations, the musicals, the books! Yes, books, with an S, because "The Wizard of Oz" everybody knows and love was just the first book of an entire BOOK SERIES that became the enormous franchise we know today! You thought there was just ONE Wizard of Oz movie? Think again! You thought "Wicked" was the only work that gave a backstory to the Witches? Get ready for some discoveries!

And so we begin our journey to the wonderful land of Oz...

The story of Oz begins with one novel. No, not one movie - but the novel that caused the movie... L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

Published in 1900, this children novel is still to this day one of the most famous works of American youth literature, as well as the master-piece of Baum, THE book everybody knows he wrote. Baum intended, with this book, to create a purely American fairy tale: he wanted to rival the European tales of Charles Perrault, the brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen - and he succeeded! The novel was a best-seller as soon as it was released, and is still considered as "America's greatest fairy-tale".

Most people know of "The Wizard of Oz" through its famous adaptation, the 1939 musical movie. While these two works do share a same set of main characters and a similar plot, the novel contains many, many details that were not adapted into the movie ; and, in return, the movie brought a lot of elements that were absent from the novel. Both, however, are still the story of a little girl by the name of Dorothy (she wasn't yet named "Gale") and her dog Toto, who are swept up into a tornado and taken to the magical Land of Oz. There she meets three comical companions (the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion), and together they go seek the Wizard of Oz in hope he can grant their wishes, only to have to escape from the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West...

If you want to read the original novel, it will be very easy! Not only is it still regularly printed today, with various anniversary editions ; but it is in public domain since the 1950s! So you can go read it for free right now, without any problems!

Most people tend to stop at just this book... Not wondering if there was any sequel, treating it as if this was just a one-shot. Except, we told you, this book was a best-seller! An ENORMOUS success! Never before had a children's book brought so much money in the United-States! As such, Baum was not going to just stop there...

While he did intent "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" to be a self-contained novel existing as its own thing, in 1904 he published a sequel "The Marvelous Land of Oz":

This novel does not follow Dorothy however, but rather a very different character... A little boy who lives in the Land of Oz post-Dorothy: Tip (short for Tippetarius), an orphan boy who escapes the clutches of his wicked witch of a caretaker alongside a pumpkin-headed scarecrow he just brought to life. And the two undergo a journey to the Emerald City ruled by the Scarecrow-king, only to get swept into a revolution...

This novel was conceived in a similar way to the first one, as a "self-contained" story. While it does take place after the events of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", reuses several of the same characters (The Scarecrow and the Tin Man are part of the main party, Glinda plays a key part in the final act) and briefly recaps the events of the first novel, it can still be read on its own. This novel especially get a lot of attention today (after decades and decades of falling into pur oblivion) due to its fantasy-dissection of the topics of genders - differences between men and women, boys and girls, unfairness and injustice among sexes (the revolution in question is a "girl revolution" seeking to destroy what is perceived as a misogynistic patriarchy)... All culminating with what is still to this day one of the most famous accidental depictions of a trans character in fantasy!

But I'll return to this all in a later post, possibly...

This novel was ALSO a best-seller and a huge success. And as such... you know what that means. Yes, Baum wrote a THIRD book taking place in Oz! Well, almost... The novel actually mostly takes place in lands neighbors to those of Oz, the land of Ev and the realm of the Nome King... But all the Oz characters return - including Dorothy, who is again swept away into fairy-lands, this time not with her dog Toto, but with a pet chicken Billina.

This story is the novel "Ozma of Oz", published in 1907:

And with these three books, you have the original Oz trilogy!

"But wait, there were other Oz books, weren't there?" you ask. Oh yes, there were more books, indeed! However, I want to stop at this point because these three books do form a specific trilogy for various reasons. The trilogy of the "good" Oz books before everything went... let's say downhill (but more about that next post). But more importantly, the trilogy of Oz books most people know about!

Indeed, even if you have never read "The Marvelous Land of Oz" or "Ozma of Oz", you probably came across various elements of these books, that are regularly scattered throughout Oz adaptations and novels. For example the famous Disney movie "Return to Oz" is mostly an adaptation of "Ozma of Oz", but with numerous elements of "The Marvelous Land of Oz" added to the plot

More recently, the trilogy also formed the basis of the new plot offered by the short-lived TV series "Emerald City"!

Langwidere the princess with a hundred heads, Mombi the witch, Ozma the princess of Oz, the Nome king, Tik-Tok the automaton, Jack Pumpkinhead, general Jinjur, the land of Ev, the Powder of Life and many other names and concepts you might be familiar with come from these two direct sequels to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Sequels which unfortunately never knew the lasting popularity of their predecessor, despite being just as famous, if not more, in their time...

Next post: Baum's downfall...